Psalms 73:16
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
In Context
15If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
17Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
Cross References
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness is like the high mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast.
Psalms 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.
Proverbs 30:2Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
Ecclesiastes 8:17then I saw that all [is] the work of God, [and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [it] out, yet doth he not find [it]; and even, if a wise [man] think to know [it], he shall not be able to find [it] out.
John 16:18They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:16-21
The End of the Wicked. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →